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finagle

[ fi-ney-guhl ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

verb (used with object)

, fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.

to trick, swindle, or cheat (a person) (often followed by out of ):
He finagled the backers out of a fortune.
to get or achieve (something) by guile, trickery, or manipulation:
to finagle an assignment to the Membership Committee.

, fi·na·gled, fi·na·gling.

finagle

/ fɪˈneɪɡəl /

Origin of finagle¹

An Americanism first recorded in 1925–30; finaig- (variant of fainaigue ) + -le

Origin of finagle¹

C20: probably changed from dialect fainaigue

And many would-be conquerors have managed to finagle bits and pieces.

Maybe he can finagle a vote before the rage caucus gets fully into gear.

And above all, don't let anybody finagle you into making any claims about knowing the future.

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